What an Audacious and Sly Servant! Chapter 50

Humour chapter. A little interview of Mei Qian Deng's type. Plus a clue of Xiao Jian's identity.

Chapter 50 – Realisation

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To investigate a child's background, for a future monarch, there were many ways.

It just that they required time.

Chu Xun sent people to investigate on one side while watching from afar Mei Qian Deng and that child.

At first, he only inspected that child's every words and actions carefully. He wanted to find some clues from there. But then he had unknowingly went astray from it. Staring at Mei Qian Deng, his sight then passed through Mei Qian Deng's body, towards the void.

"Wei, boor. Let me ask you a question." He was in a half-trance state.

Mei Qian Deng was surprised in her heart. She was worried he would ask a question that made others unable to answer easily. If she answered wrongly, it would make him angry. What if he didn't let her to raise Xiao Jian? Mei Qian Deng blinked her eyes. "Ask first."

"You like…… oh, wrong, it should be you admire what type of man?"

One of Chu Xun's hands supported his chin. He patiently looked at Mei Qian Deng who couldn't think of an answer for this question for half a day. Say, what sort of man would Mei Qian Deng like? Previously, Chu Xun couldn't think what sort of woman he would like. He felt that there was no one who could match him. The result? He never thought he would fall for Mei Qian Deng. He would never admit that it was because he was blind. He thought, in this world there would be no other unconventional young miss like Mei Qian Deng. There was only she alone. That could be considered as the only one in the world, matching him just nice.

If it was half a year ago, Chu Xun would never consider of others' view. Especially the view of those jianghu wild grasses that he disdained. Who knew there would be a price for being foolish? Even the narcissistic Crown Prince would get fidgety. After all, Mei Qian Deng was such a special young miss. Her taste might be quite abnormal too.

When Mei Qian Deng was asked by him, she was slightly confused by the meaning in Chu Xun's words. She didn't dare to answer randomly so she shook her head. Senior Official Song once taught her. If you know, you know. If you don't know, you don't know. If you come across a question you don't know, just say you don't know. By all means, avoid talking nonsense.

"Then, let me list some people for you. Try think whether you admire them?" Chu Xun carefully probed.

Since His Highness had already said like this, Mei Qian Deng could only nod her head.

"For example, someone like Senior Official Song?"

"Senior Official Song is an erudite person yet modest. Admire."

"Then, what about Di Mu Yang?"

"Little General serves the nation with unreserved loyalty, devoted and sincere. Admire."

"Then, what about Nan Bai Cheng?"

"If it's Lord Nan…… although he did bad things, his love for the commoners is real and he governs in the proper way. From this point alone, admire."

The green veins on Chu Xun's forehead pulsated. He asked further, "Then what about Zhao Mo Ran that kid?"

"Young Master Zhao treat people politely and expansive as well as chivalrous and daring. Naturally admire too."

His Highness Crown Prince criticized in his mind: This girl, why are you admiring everyone? No established threshold at all. Such a bad eyesight. Others are fine but how is Zhao Mo Ran that stinky kid chivalrous and daring? Obviously it's always trying to undermine others' plan! After thinking, Chu Xun rolled beautifully his eyes and asked coldly and arrogantly, "Then, this Crown Prince?"

The other person was silent for a long time.

Only Xiao Jian's baby voice could be heard, "Hug hug, hug hug."

En?!

Chu Xun's heart shook. With frown eyebrows, he glared at Mei Qian Deng. He thought in his heart: This Crown Prince from head to toe is full of merits. Is it because she feels there are too many of them so she doesn't know from where to start?

Mei Qian Deng slightly frowned as she carried up Xiao Jian and spoke with soft voice, "Your Highness is just like a celestial being, naturally admire."

It's just only praising his outward appearance good?

When the whole nation's best looking person took on Mei Qian Deng's praise, his heart was not satisfied. "Other than this, there's nothing else?"

"Also smarter than most people."

"Is there anything else?"

"Err…… has compassionate heart!"

"En, what else?"

Mei Qian Deng blinked her eyes, like a fawn afraid of receiving Chu Xun's terror. She hugged the child in her bosoms tighter a bit. She racked her brains. It's not that she didn't know how to lie, just that she had used up all the terms. She was afraid she would offend Chu Xun to anger until he chased out Xiao Jian. The more anxious she was, the more her own thoughts were revealed.

Chu Xun's whole face had already turned black like the bottom of a pot.

The atmosphere turned strange in the next moment. Xiao Jian seemed to have notice it as he fished out a sweet from his pocket and handed it over to Chu Xun, "Dada[1], eat sweetie." He even pandered a smile to Chu Xun. His look so cute that it made others unable to hold back the love in their heart. Especially when he called 'dada', with the baby voice, it was completely pleasant to hear. This call was made up by Mei Qian Deng on the spot since she didn't make a detour to convey her surging respect towards His Highness Crown Prince. The female warrior made Chu Xun complacent once, Chu Xun followed with a 'hehe' as he received it.

"Crown Prince is someone who is going to control the world in the future. Different from normal people. I don't dare to make inappropriate comment."

Chu Xun decided to give himself a chance to back down so he went along, "That is naturally. What identity does this Crown Prince has? How can it be randomly discussed by others? It's better that you don't say anymore."

After that, he stood up. Without even a greeting, he left.

This guy although looked tough on the outside, deep inside he couldn't stop himself from feeling disappointed. His self-esteem received a blow like an eggplant beaten by frost. He listlessly returned to his room and be in a trance. Chu Xun thought back of that look of Mei Qian Deng wanting to say something but then hesitate. He mulled over the fact she didn't dare to say it out. In Mei Qian Deng's heart, what sort of Crown Prince was he exactly? A puffed up narcissist? Childish and wilful? Violent and overbearing?

It can't be.

En, it shouldn't be that over the board.

But this Crown Prince's previous image in front of Mei Qian Deng seems like it's not really a good one. Always scold her yet also got frightened to tears when Senior Official Song is pretending to be a ghost.

Chu Xun shook his head. Xiao Jing Zi coincidentally entered, placing on top of both his hands was a piece of yellow paper, "Your Highness, there's a secret report."

He took it and carefully opened it to read.

The secret report listed news of several tens of missing children around Xiao Jian's age with similar appearance. Chu Xun compared each of them before he burned that yellow paper. Xiao Jing Zi waited silently at the side. He only felt His Highness Crown Prince turned gloomy as if there was a something in his mind. He was nosy yet he didn't dare to ask directly. Licking his lips he carefully probed, "Your Highness, is there any clue in the secret report?"

"Instruct them. Don't find the recent ones. I want those that went missing at least a year. Especially those families with child that disappeared soon after birth."

Xiao Jing Zi asked further, "Why do we need to find this type of family?"

Currently, Chu Xun's aura was implicitly imposing. The current him had some domineering aura of a monarch.

"Do you miss your parents, miss your family?"

Xiao Jing Zi was silenced by his question. He couldn't understand Chu Xun's jumping thoughts. Following that, his eyes turned slightly red. His family was a poor one. When he was very young he was sell into the palace. The image of his parents in his memory was already very hazy. Counting his age, Xiao Jing Zi was just a big child around ten years old. How could he not thirst his parents' love, for a whole family reunion?

Chu Xun continued, "You're this big already yet you still can miss your parents. That child is less than two years old. It's the time when he stick to his parents the most. Yet he never cry nor search for his parents." Especially today, when Xiao Jian pandered him with a sweet, that very small cunningness……

"Oh! Your Highness' meaning is, Xiao Jian may be an orphaned child soon after birth?"

It was exactly that guess.

If Xiao Jian was a Little Young Master who was pampered since birth from some influential family, after these many days of not seeing his parents, of course he would make a ruckus and cry. That was a child's nature. Yet, every time when Chu Xun asked Xiao Jian, "Where's daddy?" or "Where's mommy?" Xiao Jian would not have any big reaction, as if…… he didn't even know what daddy and mommy were.

A light appeared in Chu Xun's mind. "Also tell them to investigate who from martial arts alliance and imperial court that died in these two years. Especially men and women around twenty to thirty years old, or……" Chu Xun paused, "families that got wiped out completely."

[1] A dialect term for daddy, uncle or men of father's generation. So, Xiao Jian just called him 'daddy'. (>w<)

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